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2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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Field	Value
election_name	2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales
country	Wales
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales
previous_year	1997
outgoing_members	List of MPs elected in the 1997 United Kingdom general election
next_election	2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales
next_year	2005
seats_for_election	All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
elected_mps	List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (2001–2005)
election_date	7 June 2001
image1
leader1	Tony Blair
leader_since1	[21 July 1994](1994-labour-party-leadership-election)
party1	Labour Party (UK)
last_election1	34 seats, 54.7%
seats1	34
seat_change1
popular_vote1	666,956
percentage1	48.6%
swing1	6.2%
image2
leader2	Ieuan Wyn Jones
leader_since2	[3 August 2000](2000-plaid-cymru-leadership-election)
party2	Plaid Cymru
last_election2	4 seats, 10.0%
seats2	4
seat_change2
popular_vote2	195,893
percentage2	14.3%
swing2	4.3%
image4
leader4	Charles Kennedy
leader_since4	9 August 1999
party4	Liberal Democrats (UK)
last_election4	2 seats, 12.4%
seats4	2
seat_change4
popular_vote4	189,254
percentage4	13.8%
swing4	1.5%
image5
leader5	William Hague
leader_since5	[19 June 1997](1997-conservative-party-leadership-election)
party5	Conservative Party (UK)
last_election5	0 seats, 19.6%
seats5	0
seat_change5
popular_vote5	288,623
percentage5	21.0%
swing5	1.4%
map_image	[[File:Wales in the UK General Election, 2001.svg]]
map_size	250px

Main article: 2001 United Kingdom general election

These are the results of the 2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales. The election was held on 7 June 2001 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The overall result remained exactly the same as in the previous election in 1997, with only two changes - Labour gained Ynys Môn from Plaid Cymru and Plaid gained Carmarthen East and Dinefwr from Labour. The Conservatives, despite taking the second largest number of votes in Wales, once again won no seats; this was only the second election since 1918 to leave them with no representation in Wales.

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the 2001 general election in Wales.

Party	Seats	Aggregate Votes	Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	Of all (%)	Total	Of all (%)
	34	1	1		85.0	666,956	48.6	6.2
	0	0	0		0.0	288,623	21.0	1.5
	4	1	1		10.0	195,893	14.3	4.3
	2	0	0		5.0	189,254	13.8	1.5
	0	0	0		0.0	12,552	0.9	0.9
	0	0	0		0.0	3,753	0.3	0.2
	0	0	0		0.0	2,805	0.2	0.2
	0	0	0		0.0	2,258	0.2	N/A
	0	0	0		0.0	1,609	0.1	0.1
	0	0	0		0.0	384	0.0
	0	0	0		0.0	278	0.0	N/A
	Others	0	0	0		0.0	7,959	0.6	N/A
40					1,372,324	61.6	11.9

Outcome and changes

A BBC report of the election in Wales stated that "Despite a night of high tension the political map in Wales virtually looks the same as before".

The only seats to change hands were Carmarthen East and Dinefwr which Adam Price of Plaid Cymru gained from Labour and Ynys Môn which Labour gained from Plaid Cymru. Plaid failed to gain Rhondda which Chris Bryant held for Labour with a majority of over 16,000, a result the BBC said meant that Bryant had "confounded his critics". Bryant, a former curate who had once been a member of the Conservatives had been criticised as being an odd fit and "too exotic" for traditional Labour supporters in the constituency which he was contesting for the first time. This had led Plaid Cymru to feel they had a chance of a victory, a feat they had surprisingly achieved in the equivalent constituency at the 1999 National Assembly for Wales election. Plaid's candidate Leanne Wood had publicly claimed she would win 53% of the vote. Plaid's performance by the percentage points (14.3 per cent) would be its best result up until 2024.

The Conservatives again failed to win any seat in Wales, with their best result being in Monmouth where they finished just 384 votes behind Labour. The Liberal Democrats failed to add to their two seats, with Jenny Willott reducing Labour's majority in Cardiff Central to just 659 votes.

References

(14 August 2001). "Election 2001 | Wales". BBC News.
(12 June 2001). "Research Paper 01/54: General election results 7 June 2001".
(8 June 2001). "Few poll surprises for Wales". BBC News Vote 2001.
(8 June 2001). "Labour faithful welcome 'exotic' MP". BBC News Vote 2001.
(8 June 2001). "Plaid gain after Anglesey blow". BBC News Vote 2001.

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